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Rage Against the Machine “evil Empire”
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Rage Against The Machine “Evil Empire”
Rage Against The Machine are a popular 90s rap metal band.
Evil Empire is considered a different offering than the rest.
Relying on effects, the album is extraordinary, most songs on
this are excellent. What make this album stand out from all the
other is that it the second releaced from the group. But it
still keeps up with the polictial movement for the time. Sing
about the Mexicen movement in America and how the American
government keeps the poor people down. There first album “Rage
Against The Machine” self titled, the lyrics are so policticaly
charged that a lot of people said were follow up would not be
such as great.
I think what made Rage Against The Machine so widely accecepted
by the masses is that the form of music they were putting out at
the time was a first. And in doing so got many young Americas
to look at the world around them with new eyes at there life
their
government at least it did for me. Growing up in SOCAL
alot of their
lyrics hit home. It change mind and my friends
view on things at the time. From Mexican farmers, to how we as
a country over look how we treat the poor.
The opener “People Of The Sun , it is the perfect opener and is
a fine example of the creative guitar work where in this song
they take the time to pluck the strings. Instead of playing the
same lines as the guitarist, he thinks up his own lines. The
vocals are aggressive, his rap style is clever. The drummers
beats and his rhythm technique is unique. Zach eventually
launches into the first verse, which is a very political tirade
about the Mexican peoples revolution against the government.
Tom makes some sound effects, letting Zach run wild-filling this
song to the brim with angry rapping. This is more of a rap song
than metal. Yea, never forget that the whip snapped ya back/ya
spine cracked for tobacco, oh Im the marlboro man.
Bulls on Parade is one of Rages most recognizable songs. It
has groovy, ner nah ner sounding guitar noise, which
periodically change to wah-wah guitar riffs, and more pissed off
rapping about people who run around shooting everybody else
This combination of the band sums up the sound basically. Think
Beastie Boys combined with Led Zeppelin (Zeppelin-like guitar
riffs, Beastie Boy vocals) Its soulful yet aggressive, it flows
well and shows great musicianship. The songs are sometimes fast
and other times they are slow but they have a funky upbeat approach.
Some of the songs are Rage Against The Machines strongest.
“Down Rodeo has one of my favourite guitar parts in it. The
effects during the verse are worth a mention as well. It is
catchy yet still keeps is edge. Zach does his usual thing in
this song, but then a great, abrupt beat change kicks in and Zach
starts yelling Just a quiet, peaceful death best lyric in the
song Cant waste a day when the night brings a hearse. So make a
move and plead the fifth, cuz you cant plead the first. So now
Im rolling down rodeo with a shotgun these people aint seen a
brown-skinned man since their grandparents bought one.
“Without A Face is one of the most funkiness Rage Against The
Machines songs ever. The bass line sticks in your head and cant
get out. Its like the dark streets where stuff happens, I cant
think of how to describe it though it reminds me of dark streets.
The chorus reminds me of “Year Of The Boomerang where the guitar
sounds like a violin and has this awesome interlude which sounds
like a sped-up version of System Of A Downs Ego-brain. But
wait, theres more to the name. Raging Against The Machine, is
woefully misdirected. Lyricist Zack de la Rocha is clearly
someone with strong political views particularly when it comes to
the plight of fellow Mexicans on both sides of the border. He
vents his indignation sharply